For all intents and purposes the game should’ve been an absolute mess. A star studded, underprepared, over imbibed Barbarians side played and slightly less well known, equally underprepared and less inebriated England Saxons side (England XV just doesn’t sound right). I learnt long ago not to get excited about these fixtures, either the international side is way too strong for the Barbarians, or so weak they get walloped. But at 51-43 the game ended and unlike many of these fixtures it had kind of lived up to its hype. Embed from Getty Images There was plenty of loose, unstructured play...